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European Maritime Single Window
Reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States are currently set out in Directive 2010/65/EU – the Reporting Formalities Directive (RFD). The directive aims to simplify and harmonise administrative procedures in maritime transport by introducing a single window for reporting formalities for ships. The European Commission's ex-post evaluation of the functioning of the directive showed that, eight years after its adoption, several serious problems are hampering ...
Kernekraft
Kernekraftværker fremstiller i dag omkring en tredjedel af den elektricitet og 14 % af den energi, der forbruges i EU. Kernekraft er et CO2-fattigt alternativ til fossilt brændsel og udgør en central bestanddel i mange medlemsstaters energimiks. Men på grund af Tjernobylkatastrofen i 1986 og atomkatastrofen i Fukushima (Japan) i 2011 er kernekraft blevet særdeles kontroversielt. Tysklands beslutning om at udfase kernekraft inden 2020, såvel som den midlertidige lukning af to belgiske reaktorer efter ...
Veje: trafik- og sikkerhedsbestemmelser
Den Europæiske Union har sat sig som mål at skabe et europæisk område for færdselssikkerhed i løbet af perioden 2010-2020. Kompetencen på dette område er primært et nationalt anliggende. EU-foranstaltningerne vedrører derfor køretøjers tekniske stand, transport af farligt gods og vejsikkerhed.
Community System for Registration of Carriers of Radioactive Materials: Initial Appraisal of the European Commission's Impact Assessment
This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment (IA) accompanying the proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a Community system for registration of carriers of radioactive materials.
Workshop on Seveso III Directive : Control of Major-Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances - Brussels, 13 April 2011
These proceedings summarise the presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the proposed Seveso III Directive, held on 13 April 2011. The aim of the workshop was to allow an exchange of views between the European Commission, MEPs and stakeholders. Topics for discussion included the impacts on the scope resulting from the alignment with the CLP Regulation, informational requirements and proposed obligatory inspection intervals. The workshop was chaired by MEP János Áder, rapporteur for the Seveso ...
Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Pollutants by Sea : The Safety Aspect
A survey of safety at sea within the framework of the international conventions and the powers of EC and States.